→ voicemail [[hollyheights]]

[sentiments]

"You've reached Barnaby Brooks, Jr. I'm sorry I'm not here to answer your call; please leave a message after the beep."

Comments

[wildest]

wrong!!

[And so Kotetsu decides to just try sending Barnaby a picture, which he does: P1030432.JPG

He's orange. Not brown. Very orange.]

[sentiments]

[Barnaby's staring could break the phone at this moment.]

...What happened to you?!

[wildest]

[Ow turn the volume down. At least he's not immediately being blamed for what's happened to him.]

I don't know! I didn't fall asleep outside or anything, and I haven't eaten anything weird...

[sentiments]

[There's a slow blink for a moment.]

So you woke up and you were just... orange?

[wildest]

Basically! I mean, there isn't any other way for me to explain it, unless you can think of something better.

[Please think of something better, you're his super smart partner. This is your job.]

[sentiments]

[HE HAS NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE.]

Well, ruling out that it's not a NEXT, you haven't eaten any excess of carrot or orange products, and you tan quite well...

...I'd have to say that I have absolutely no idea, but it's probably the landlord's doing.

[wildest]

That's what I started to think when it wouldn't wash off. It's just... I don't know, really stupid!

[An exasperated sigh, especially when he takes into account that Barnaby sounds rather calm on his end.]

So you're still a normal color?

[sentiments]

[Barnaby just turns it to video. He's very much normal and mildly agitated.]

...And you're certain you didn't eat anything strange? I'm wondering if it's the landlord.

[wildest]

Why do you look so mad? I didn't do anything wrong y'know! This is totally the Landlord's fault!

[sentiments]

I'm not mad! [He's totally annoyed.]

It's not your fault, I know. You're... you're probably just going to have to be orange for the rest of the day.

[wildest]

[Kotetsu just makes a grumbled, disgruntled noise before he hangs his head, completely at a loss.]

I guess so. It's not that bad... I just look like I got one of those fake tans. You know, like the kind that people spray themselves with? Did you know there are spray tans?? It's ridiculous! Who wants to look like a carrot?!

[sentiments]

I good portion of people, I guess. It's ridiculous, though.

...we could always try giving you a spray-tan closer to your tone.

[wildest]

No way, I don't want my skin to be messed with anymore. That stuff sounds really uncomfortable anyway. And who knows about the side effects. Wouldn't it bother the pets? And then Kaede might say I look even more weird...

[Stop being such an old man.]

[sentiments]

It won't bother your pets unless they try to lick your skin. But... just bear with it until it passes.

[wildest]

That'd be even worse! I wouldn't be able to pet John or Bunny!

This is probably one of the weakest pranks the Landlord's ever pulled.